Blizzard Thinking Of Charging $30 For Diablo III Expansion

A survey sent out to Diablo III players, as seen by Polygon, talks about pricing for the game's upcoming expansion, Reaper of Souls. And how it's not going to be cheap.

"Consider two versions of the expansion: a Standard Edition for $US29.99 and a Collector's Edition for $US49.99", the survey says. "The Standard Edition includes the Reaper of Souls expansion; the Collector's Edition includes the expansion, exclusive in-game content, and other bonus items."

That's a lot of money for what's being offered on paper, even for the regular edition. Yes, it adds a new character class and a fifth story act, new items and a level cap increase. And yes, StarCraft II charged a lot of money for its expansions as well.

But you know what? People loved StarCraft II, and felt entire new campaigns - along with the rebalancing and new units - was worth it. I'm not sure they'll feel the same way about Diablo III's seemingly less substantial extra act, particularly given the way a lot of players have turned on the game in the months since its release.

Guess we'll have to see just how much bang you actually get for your buck when the expansion's released next year.

Comments

Exactly. The author has super unrealistic expectations as to what goes into a game and how much it should be. Diablo:LoD was $60 when it was released and it was very short. The next expansion is going to add significant content to D3. I was expecting to see it for $50(probs will at EB) but $30 is a bargain.

$30 is very reasonable, especially considering the amount of time Blizzard spent supporting their games long after the game's release. Not to mention Loot 2.0 and many other improvements on Vanilla D3 is state to be release for free.

Consider that to what other games I can buy for $30, it's quite a steal actually. D3 without Offline mode is probably the only reason why we can get the expansion for this amount. Offline mode will probably push the price up to $40-$50. There's still barely any ARPGs release that is anywhere near D3's level of production quality. I can only really think of Path of Exile...which doesn't come with offline mode.

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